Tomb of Abdul Hamid I

[2] It was built for Sultan Abdul Hamid I (reigned 1774–1789) in 1790 by court architect Mehmed Tahir Agha as part of a 1776–1777 constructed almshouse complex.

[1] The tomb building was designed in square-plan with rounded corners in Baroque style, and constructed completely in fine marbles.

Austrian orientalist and historian Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall (1774–1856) praised the architecture of the tomb in his memoirs as worth seeing.

[1] An inscription showing the 27th–30th āyāt of the Quranic surah Al-Fajr in thuluth calligraphy handwritten by Mehmed Emin is situated above the entrance gate of the tomb.

The tomb's external appearance shows it as a two-story building with a wide molding cornice separating the floors.